1/3/10 UPDATE - What the chart would like if...

[Dvorak]

(SEE BOTTOM OF THREAD FOR UPDATED CHART)

...the chart methodology of the early 1980's was used. Since radio playlists were used instead of actual spins, the older songs on the chart would drop much faster which made the old American Top 40 countdowns with Casey Kasem so fresh. Also, sales were taken into account in a subtle way... Compare this chart with the current Ryan Seacreast AT40 chart. Which is fresher??

Note the old overplayed sludge that is not on my chart (SWEET DREAMS, PARTY IN THE U.S.A., USE SOMEBODY, DOWN, etc) Also note that how fast I am sending songs down that are losing spins like EVACUATE THE DANCEFLOOR and 3.

There might be some slight tweaks after tomorrow's update, but here is what the current Mediabase chart would probably look like using the old AT40/Billboard methodology:

01 01 TIK TOK - Kesha
04 02 BAD ROMANCE - Lady Gaga
02 03 REPLAY - Iyaz
03 04 FIREFLIES - Owl City
06 05 EMPIRE STATE OF MIND - Jay Z feat Alicia Keys
07 06 SEXY CHICK - David Guetta feat Akon
10 07 DO YOU REMEMBER - Jay Sean f Sean Paul & Lil Jon
11 08 FIFTEEN - Taylor Swift
12 09 TWO IS BETTER THAN ONE - Boys Like Girls
13 10 ACCORDING TO YOU - Orianthi
14 11 HARD - Rihanna feat Jeezy
15 12 IF YOU ONLY KNEW - Shinedown
18 13 ONE LESS LONELY GIRL - Justin Bieber
16 14 GIVE IT UP TO ME - Shakira
05 15 WHATCHA SAY - Jason Derulo
19 16 FOREVER - Drake, Kayne, Lil Wayne & Eminem
22 17 LIVE LIKE WE'RE DYING - Kris Allen
20 18 NEVER GONNA BE ALONE - Nickelback
21 19 HEAVEN CAN WAIT - We the Kings
23 20 LIFE AFTER YOU - Daughtry
24 21 TELEPHONE - Lady Gaga f/ Beyonce
30 22 CARRY OUT - Timbaland f/ Justin Timberlake
28 23 BREAKEVEN - The Script
25 24 ALL THE RIGHT MOVES - OneRepublic
08 25 EVACUATE THE DANCEFLOOR - Cascada
26 26 RAIN - Creed
34 27 WHATAYA WANT FROM ME - Adam Lambert
29 28 HOT MESS - Cobra Starship
31 29 SMILE - Uncle Kracker
37 30 IN MY HEAD - Jason Derulo
35 31 HEARTBREAK WARFARE - John Mayer
36 32 SHUT IT DOWN - Pitbull f/Akon
33 33 GANSTA LUV - Snoop Dogg f/the Dream
09 34 3 - Britney Spears
--- 35 IMMA BE - Black Eyed Peas (DEBUT SONG)
32 36 SEX ON FIRE - Kings of Leon
38 37 TIE ME DOWN - New Boys f/ Ray J
--- 38 SOMEBODY TO LOVE - Leighton Meester f.Robin Thicke (DEBUT SONG)
17 39 PAPARAZZI - Lady Gaga
--- 40 HOW LOW - Ludacris (DEBUT SONG)

[Au$tin]

Again, not a fan of this methodology, but it's cool that you're posting this weekly! It's pretty interesting. :)

[kellybcfan98]

Ummm yeah where is AG. Ya know, the one that's #9?

[RockaByeBaby]

"TiK ToK" would already be #1 :(

[Dvorak]

Dec 20, 2009 9:00:11 GMT -5 kellybcfan98 said:

Ummm yeah where is AG. Ya know, the one that's #9?

Already Gone has lost spins for a few weeks in a row. Most of its spins are recurrent spins so I took it off the chart.

[Libra]

Hmmm...OK. And what if there was no sales component, a la the previous R&R methodology?

[Matt4319]

I like this idea - maybe we can have these continually posted in one thread as the weeks go by.

[Dvorak]

With Sunday's update....note Shakira dropped 7 spots on my chart

01 01 TIK TOK - Kesha
04 02 BAD ROMANCE - Lady Gaga
02 03 REPLAY - Iyaz
03 04 FIREFLIES - Owl City
06 05 EMPIRE STATE OF MIND - Jay Z feat Alicia Keys
07 06 SEXY CHICK - David Guetta feat Akon
11 07 FIFTEEN - Taylor Swift
10 08 DO YOU REMEMBER - Jay Sean f Sean Paul & Lil Jon
12 09 TWO IS BETTER THAN ONE - Boys Like Girls
13 10 ACCORDING TO YOU - Orianthi
14 11 HARD - Rihanna feat Jeezy
18 12 ONE LESS LONELY GIRL - Justin Bieber
15 13 IF YOU ONLY KNEW - Shinedown
19 14 FOREVER - Drake, Kayne, Lil Wayne & Eminem
05 15 WHATCHA SAY - Jason Derulo
22 16 LIVE LIKE WE'RE DYING - Kris Allen
21 17 HEAVEN CAN WAIT - We the Kings
20 18 NEVER GONNA BE ALONE - Nickelback
24 19 TELEPHONE - Lady Gaga f/ Beyonce
23 20 LIFE AFTER YOU - Daughtry
30 21 CARRY OUT - Timbaland f/ Justin Timberlake
28 22 BREAKEVEN - The Script
16 23 GIVE IT UP TO ME - Shakira
25 24 ALL THE RIGHT MOVES - OneRepublic
34 25 WHATAYA WANT FROM ME - Adam Lambert
26 26 RAIN - Creed
08 27 EVACUATE THE DANCEFLOOR - Cascada
37 28 IN MY HEAD - Jason Derulo
29 29 HOT MESS - Cobra Starship
31 30 SMILE - Uncle Kracker
--- 31 IMMA BE - Black Eyed Peas (DEBUT SONG)
36 32 SHUT IT DOWN - Pitbull f/Akon
35 33 HEARTBREAK WARFARE - John Mayer
33 34 GANSTA LUV - Snoop Dogg f/the Dream
09 35 3 - Britney Spears
32 36 SEX ON FIRE - Kings of Leon
38 37 TIE ME DOWN - New Boys f/ Ray J
--- 38 SOMEBODY TO LOVE - Leighton Meester f.Robin Thicke (DEBUT SONG)
--- 39 HOW LOW - Ludacris (DEBUT SONG)
17 40 PAPARAZZI - Lady Gaga

[Dvorak]

Dec 20, 2009 13:18:53 GMT -5 Matt4319 said:

I like this idea - maybe we can have these continually posted in one thread as the weeks go by.

Sure, I can try to do that!

[Dvorak]

Dec 20, 2009 13:02:32 GMT -5 Libra said:

Hmmm...OK. And what if there was no sales component, a la the previous R&R methodology?

Without the sales component, my chart would be the same except for the top 6 songs...

it would be (airplay only)

1 IYAZ Replay
2 KESHA Tik Tok
3 OWL CITY Fireflies
4 LADY GAGA Bad Romance
5 DAVID GUETTA Sexy Chick f/Akon
6 JAY-Z Empire State Of Mind

[Dvorak]

Here is a preview of what the 12/27 chart might look like if the chart methodology of the early 1980's was used. There will be some changes for the Sunday update.

01 01 01 TIK TOK - Kesha
04 02 02 BAD ROMANCE - Lady Gaga
02 03 03 REPLAY - Iyaz
06 05 04 EMPIRE STATE OF MIND - Jay Z feat Alicia Keys
07 06 05 SEXY CHICK - David Guetta feat Akon
10 08 06 DO YOU REMEMBER - Jay Sean f Sean Paul & Lil Jon
11 07 07 FIFTEEN - Taylor Swift
12 09 08 TWO IS BETTER THAN ONE - Boys Like Girls
13 10 09 ACCORDING TO YOU - Orianthi
03 04 10 FIREFLIES - Owl City
14 11 11 HARD - Rihanna feat Jeezy
18 12 12 ONE LESS LONELY GIRL - Justin Bieber
19 14 13 FOREVER - Drake, Kayne, Lil Wayne & Eminem
22 16 14 LIVE LIKE WE'RE DYING - Kris Allen
24 19 15 TELEPHONE - Lady Gaga f/ Beyonce
23 20 16 LIFE AFTER YOU - Daughtry
30 21 17 CARRY OUT - Timbaland f/ Justin Timberlake
--- 33 18 IMMA BE - Black Eyed Peas
34 25 19 WHATAYA WANT FROM ME - Adam Lambert
25 24 20 ALL THE RIGHT MOVES - OneRepublic
37 28 21 IN MY HEAD - Jason Derulo
28 22 22 BREAKEVEN - The Script
05 15 23 WHATCHA SAY - Jason Derulo
20 18 24 NEVER GONNA BE ALONE - Nickelback
15 13 25 IF YOU ONLY KNEW - Shinedown
26 26 26 RAIN - Creed
31 30 27 SMILE - Uncle Kracker
36 32 28 SHUT IT DOWN - Pitbull f/Akon
29 29 29 HOT MESS - Cobra Starship
21 17 30 HEAVEN CAN WAIT - We the Kings
16 23 31 GIVE IT UP TO ME - Shakira
33 34 32 GANSTA LUV - Snoop Dogg f/the Dream
35 33 33 HEARTBREAK WARFARE - John Mayer
38 37 34 TIE ME DOWN - New Boys f/ Ray J
32 36 35 SEX ON FIRE - Kings of Leon
09 35 36 3 - Britney Spears
--- 39 37 HOW LOW - Ludacris
--- 38 38 SOMEBODY TO LOVE - Leighton Meester f.Robin Thicke
08 27 39 EVACUATE THE DANCEFLOOR - Cascada
--- --- 40 SOMEDAY - Rob Thomas (DEBUT SONG)

[Dvorak]

Here is the Sunday update 12/27/09

04 02 01 BAD ROMANCE - Lady Gaga
01 01 02 TIK TOK - Kesha
02 03 03 REPLAY - Iyaz
06 05 04 EMPIRE STATE OF MIND - Jay Z feat Alicia Keys
07 06 05 SEXY CHICK - David Guetta feat Akon
11 07 06 FIFTEEN - Taylor Swift
10 08 07 DO YOU REMEMBER - Jay Sean f Sean Paul & Lil Jon
12 09 08 TWO IS BETTER THAN ONE - Boys Like Girls
13 10 09 ACCORDING TO YOU - Orianthi
03 04 10 FIREFLIES - Owl City
14 11 11 HARD - Rihanna feat Jeezy
18 12 12 ONE LESS LONELY GIRL - Justin Bieber
19 14 13 FOREVER - Drake, Kayne, Lil Wayne & Eminem
22 16 14 LIVE LIKE WE'RE DYING - Kris Allen
24 19 15 TELEPHONE - Lady Gaga f/ Beyonce
23 20 16 LIFE AFTER YOU - Daughtry
30 21 17 CARRY OUT - Timbaland f/ Justin Timberlake
--- 33 18 IMMA BE - Black Eyed Peas
34 25 19 WHATAYA WANT FROM ME - Adam Lambert
25 24 20 ALL THE RIGHT MOVES - OneRepublic
37 28 21 IN MY HEAD - Jason Derulo
28 22 22 BREAKEVEN - The Script
05 15 23 WHATCHA SAY - Jason Derulo
20 18 24 NEVER GONNA BE ALONE - Nickelback
15 13 25 IF YOU ONLY KNEW - Shinedown
26 26 26 RAIN - Creed
31 30 27 SMILE - Uncle Kracker
36 32 28 SHUT IT DOWN - Pitbull f/Akon
29 29 29 HOT MESS - Cobra Starship
21 17 30 HEAVEN CAN WAIT - We the Kings
16 23 31 GIVE IT UP TO ME - Shakira
33 34 32 GANSTA LUV - Snoop Dogg f/the Dream
35 33 33 HEARTBREAK WARFARE - John Mayer
38 37 34 TIE ME DOWN - New Boys f/ Ray J
32 36 35 SEX ON FIRE - Kings of Leon
09 35 36 3 - Britney Spears
--- 39 37 HOW LOW - Ludacris
--- 38 38 SOMEBODY TO LOVE - Leighton Meester f.Robin Thicke
08 27 39 EVACUATE THE DANCEFLOOR - Cascada
--- --- 40 SOMEDAY - Rob Thomas (DEBUT SONG)

[onefrayedrepublic]

I love this style of charting. Keep it up.

[Dvorak]

For the 01/03/10 chart, I don't see any debut songs yet... but we still have a few days to go...

[Dvorak]

Here is the 01/03/10 chart!!! No debut songs this week.

02 01 01 BAD ROMANCE - Lady Gaga
01 02 02 TIK TOK - Kesha
05 04 03 EMPIRE STATE OF MIND - Jay Z feat Alicia Keys
06 05 04 SEXY CHICK - David Guetta feat Akon
08 07 05 DO YOU REMEMBER - Jay Sean f Sean Paul & Lil Jon
07 06 06 FIFTEEN - Taylor Swift
03 03 07 REPLAY - Iyaz
09 08 08 TWO IS BETTER THAN ONE - Boys Like Girls
10 09 09 ACCORDING TO YOU - Orianthi
11 11 10 HARD - Rihanna feat Jeezy
12 12 11 ONE LESS LONELY GIRL - Justin Bieber
14 13 12 FOREVER - Drake, Kayne, Lil Wayne & Eminem
16 14 13 LIVE LIKE WE'RE DYING - Kris Allen
19 15 14 TELEPHONE - Lady Gaga f/ Beyonce
20 16 15 LIFE AFTER YOU - Daughtry
33 18 16 IMMA BE - Black Eyed Peas
21 17 17 CARRY OUT - Timbaland f/ Justin Timberlake
25 19 18 WHATAYA WANT FROM ME - Adam Lambert
28 21 19 IN MY HEAD - Jason Derulo
24 20 20 ALL THE RIGHT MOVES - OneRepublic
04 10 21 FIREFLIES - Owl City
22 22 22 BREAKEVEN - The Script
32 28 23 SHUT IT DOWN - Pitbull f/Akon
30 27 24 SMILE - Uncle Kracker
29 29 25 HOT MESS - Cobra Starship
13 25 26 IF YOU ONLY KNEW - Shinedown
18 24 27 NEVER GONNA BE ALONE - Nickelback
15 23 28 WHATCHA SAY - Jason Derulo
26 26 29 RAIN - Creed
33 33 30 HEARTBREAK WARFARE - John Mayer
34 32 31 GANSTA LUV - Snoop Dogg f/the Dream
37 34 32 TIE ME DOWN - New Boys f/ Ray J
36 35 33 SEX ON FIRE - Kings of Leon
39 37 34 HOW LOW - Ludacris
23 31 35 GIVE IT UP TO ME - Shakira
17 30 36 HEAVEN CAN WAIT - We the Kings
--- 40 37 SOMEDAY - Rob Thomas
38 38 38 SOMEBODY TO LOVE - Leighton Meester f.Robin Thicke
27 39 39 EVACUATE THE DANCEFLOOR - Cascada
35 36 40 3 - Britney Spears

[Dvorak]

next week's chart should be more interesting